Deanery

The Dean's Office manages the Faculty (§39 ThürHG) as a self-governing unit and, within the scope of its legal duties, ensures the interaction of bodies and members of the Faculty and, if necessary, a balance between them.

 

Miriam Zschoche
Prof. Dr. Miriam Zschoche
Dean
(Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences)
C03 – teaching building 1 / Raum 0066
+49 361 737-4520
+49 361 737-4529
miriam.zschoche@uni-erfurt.de
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Achim Kemmerling
Prof. Dr. Achim Kemmerling
Vice dean for internationalisation and advanced education
(Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences)
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen" / C19.02.07
+49 361 737-4691
achim.kemmerling@uni-erfurt.de
Office hours
The consultation takes place on Webex.
Click here to make an appointment.
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Thorsten Thiel
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Thiel
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
(Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences)
C03 – teaching building 1 / Room 0145
+49 361 737-4959
+49 361 737-4959
thorsten.thiel@uni-erfurt.de
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Board of Management

Ass. jur. Sandra Ostermann
Managing Director of the Deanery
(Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences)
C03 – teaching building 1 / C03.00.53
+49 361 737-4502
+49 361 737-4509
staatswissenschaften@uni-erfurt.de
Office hours
dienstags 13-15 Uhr und donnerstags 13:30-16 Uhr während der Vorlesungszeit; um lange Wartezeiten zu vermeiden, wird um vorherige Terminvereinbarung gebeten (staatswissenschaften@uni-erfurt.de)

Dean's Secretariat

Mandy Förster
Mandy Förster
Dean's secretary
(Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences)
C03 – teaching building 1 / 0052
+49 361 737-4500
+49 361 737-4509
mandy.foerster@uni-erfurt.de
Office hours
by appointment
Liska Kübel , B.A.
Clerk for M.A., Doctoral and Habilitation Matters
(Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences)
C03 – teaching building 1 / 0054
+49 361 737-4503
+49 361 737-4509
liska.kuebel@uni-erfurt.de
Office hours
Mon, Wed and Thu 10-14 and by appointment

Please use the functional addresses of the subject areas to contact me!

Office for BA examination matters

BA examination board

Jan-Philip Seitz
Jan-Philip Seitz
Sachbearbeiter Prüfungsamt B.A. und Studiengangkoordinator
(Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences)
C03 – teaching building 1 / C03.01.42
+49 361 737-4504
jan-philip.seitz@uni-erfurt.de
Office hours
- flexibel nach Vereinbarung per Mail -

Bitte beschreiben Sie vorab kurz Ihr Anliegen und fügen ggf. einen Auszug Ihres Studienkontos und eine Immatrikulationsbescheinigung bei.

Project staff for quality management in teaching and learning

Dr. Robert Fritzsch
Project staff member in the Dean's Office for Quality Management
(Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences)
C03 – teaching building 1 / 0050
+49 361 737-4542
+49 361 737-4549
robert.fritzsch@uni-erfurt.de
Office hours
by appointment via email

Student Assistant

Lea Kithier
lea.kithier@uni-erfurt.de

Klara Jacob
klara.jacob@uni-erfurt.de

 

Staff Assigned to the Dean's Office

Özgür Gürerk
Dr. Özgür Gürerk
Research Employee
(Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences)
C03 – teaching building 1 / C03.00.75
+49 361 737-4582
oezguer.guererk@uni-erfurt.de

CV

Since July 2026 MA (Research), University of Erfurt
July 2022 – June 2026 MA (Research) MA, Department of Corporate Development, Dean’s Representative for the Integration of Ethics into Teaching at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne
April 2019 – June 2022 Research MA, Programme Coordinator and Academic Adviser for Economics and Management, University of Erfurt
May 2017 – March 2019 Acting Professor of Experimental Economic Research, RWTH Aachen University
05/2013 – 04/2017 University Professor (W2, fixed-term) in the Department of Experimental Economic Research, RWTH Aachen University
12/2001 – 04/2013 Research Assistant, Chair of Microeconomics, Manager of the Erfurt Laboratory for Experimental Economic Research, University of Erfurt

Publications (Excerpt)

1.    DeHoratius, N., Gürerk, Ö., Honhon, D., & Hyndman, K. (2025). Execution Failures in Retail Supply Chains - A Virtual Reality Experiment. Production and Operations Management, 34 (6), 1236-1255.
2.    Gürerk, Ö., Braun, L., & Irlenbusch, B. (2025) Experimental economics in immersive virtual environments, Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, 187-190.
3.    Gürdal, M.Y., Gürerk, Ö., Kacamak, Y. & Kart, E. (2024). How to increase and sustain cooperation in public goods games: Conditional commitments via a mediator, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 228, 106789.
4.    Leder, J., Chapkovski, P., Schütz A., Lauer, T., & Gürerk, Ö. (2024). Background uncertainty does not increase risk aversion in decision making. Scientific Reports, 14 (1), 25899.
5.    Gürerk, Ö., Bönsch, A., Kittsteiner, T, & Staffeldt, A. (2019). Virtual Humans as Co-Workers: A Novel Methodology to Study Peer Effects. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 78, 17-29.
6.    Gürerk, Ö., Lauer, T., & Scheuermann, M. (2018). Leadership with Individual Rewards and Punishments. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 74, 57-69.
7.    Böhm, R., Rusch, H., & Gürerk, Ö. (2016). What makes people go to war? Defensive intentions motivate retaliatory and preemptive intergroup aggression. Evolution and Human Behavior, 37, 29–34.
8.    Gürerk, Ö., Irlenbusch, B., & Rockenbach, B. (2014). On Cooperation in Open Communities. Journal of Public Economics, 120, 220-230.
9.    Gürerk, Ö., & Selten, R. (2012). The Effect of Payoff Tables on Experimental Oligopoly Behavior. Experimental Economics, 15, 499-509.
10.    Gürerk, Ö., Irlenbusch, B., & Rockenbach, B. (2006). The Competitive Advantage of Sanctioning Institutions. Science, 312, 108-111.
Complete list of publications and additional information: sites.google.com/site/drgurerk/